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Smart #1 Brabus
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|October 2023
Stylish electric SUV packs a huge punch after attention from tuning company Brabus On sale Now Price from £43,450
TUNING COMPANY BRABUS has long been turning up the wick on Smart cars with one simple aim: making them more fun. Its recent efforts - on the tiny electric Smart Fortwo and Forfour - were more about sporty looks than a power boost, but it's taken the opposite approach with the #1 electric SUV.
Visually, only subtle tweaks mark the #1 Brabus from its lesser stablemates; it gets red trim highlights inside and out, bonnet vents, metal-finished pedals and grippy suede-like material on the seats and steering wheel. The changes are rather more dramatic, though, when it comes to performance.
This story is from the October 2023 edition of What Car? UK.
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